Gaiter.



PATENTBD MAR. 17, 1908.

H.VG0HEN. GAITBR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.19, 1907.

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HYHAN IDEEN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

GAITER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led March 19, 1907.

Patented March 1'7, 1908.

Serial No. 363.170.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, liIYMAN COHEN, a subject of the Czar of Russia, andresidingl at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New `York1`have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gaiters, of whichthe 'following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to overgaiters, and the object thereof is toprovide a device of this character which gives the protection ofovershoes of the Arctic type, and which at the same time produces theneat ell'ect of the usual gaiter, and a further object being to providea gaiter of this class which may be worn with the trousers within thesame or without the same, and which provides adjustable fasteningdevices to permit of this double use, and a still further object beingto rovide a gaiter ol'V this class which is readily placed in positionor removed from the shoe, and which is simple in construction andoperation and very inexpensive.

My invention is fully described in the following specification, of whichthe accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate partsthereof are indicated by the same reference characters in each of theviews and in which:

Figure 1 is a view of my invention in position for use. Fig. 2 is asimilar' view thereof, but showing the same opened in order to moreclearly set forth the construction. Fig. 3 a sectional view showing onemethod of holding the gaiter in its lowermost position, and Fig. 4 asimilar view showing the gaiter when used in connection with a rubberfoot covering.

In the drawings forming a part of this application, I have shown agaiter a. in position for use upon a shoe l), said gaiter a comprising afront member c and a rear member d, the front member c being carriedupwardly to form a tongue e and being provided for a predetermineddistance at the bottom thereof with fastening devices f.

The rear member d is provided with two forwardly directed flaps g whichare adapted to be folded over the tongue c and secured together by meansof fastening devices 7L which are preferably made of the usualadjustable form, and the rear member d is also provided with a forwardlydirected member t, which is provided with the male members 7c of thefastening devices f, although it will l be understood that ordinarybuttons may be secured to the memberi and the front member (L beprovided with button holes to enthe same in place of the fastencrsf.

Detachably connected by means of the usual glove fasteners, buttons orthe like with each side of the tongue e, and at a point adj acent to thetop thereof is an elastic strap 'In which is adapted to be passedrearwardly about the leg of a person wearing my gaiter, thereby holdingthe sides of the tongue inposition when the gaiter is being placed uponthe shoe, and the gaiter is also provided with a strap a on one sidethereof, which is provided with a buckle fn* and with a strap n on theother side thereof, said strap being adapted to pass beneath the foot tohold the gaiter in position. In the form shown in the drawings, thestrap a and a3 are permanently connected with the gaiter at apredetermined distance at the bottom edge thereof, as shown at a* andsupplemental securing devices are employed at a point adjacent thebottom edge of the gaiter to hold the straps and lower edge of gaitertogether.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings, I have indicated in dotted lines the positionof a pair of trousers when placed outside of the overgaiter, and itwillbe seen that that portion of the overgaiter which is visible beneath thetrousers is in all respects similar to the usual overgaiter, but becauseof the construction of the gaiter above the lower edge of the trousersadditional protection from weather, snow or water is provided.

It will be obvious that various fastening devices may be employed inconnection with my gaiter and changes in the same over the constructionshown and described may be made within the scope of the followingclaims, and with this reservation,

W'hat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is z- 1. Anovergaiter, comprising a front member, and a rear member provided withintegral forwardly directed iaps passing over said front member and withintegral `forwardly directed members passing under said front member, astrap secured at each side of said gaiter, at a distance from the loweredge thereof, and supplemental devices for detachably connecting saidstraps to the lower edge of said gaiter and detachable means forconnecting said flaps in front of said gaiter.

f2. An overgaiter, comprising a front member, a rear member providedwith integral forwardly directed flaps passing over said and a strapdetachably connected with said front member and with integral forwardlydir front member, at each side thereof, for holdrected flaps passingbeneath said front mem- 1 ing the same in position.

ber, devices for detachably connecting said l In testimony that I claimthe foregoing as 15 first named flaps to each other in front of l myinvention l have signed my name in pressaid gaiter7 devices forconnecting said last 1 ence of the subscribing witnesses this 18th namedflaps to said front member a strap seday of March 1907.

cured at each side of said gaiter, at a distance HYMAN COHEN.

from the lower edge thereof, and'supple- Witnesses: mental devices fordetachably connecting H. MOTTLAW, said straps to the lower edge of saidgaiter l B. L. SACHS.

